Sputnik 2016-12-30Adding more embarrassment to President Barack Obama's final weeks
in office, president-elect Donald Trump is now praising Russian
President Vladimir Putin's decision to hold off on retaliation over the
new sanctions.

Trump also asserted on Twitter that he "always knew" that the Russian
president is "very smart." The tweet was then pinned to the top of his
Twitter timeline, and retweeted by the US Russian embassy.